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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for R600 billion!

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Elon Musk. Photo: Getty Images.
Elon Musk. Photo: Getty Images.

This after he became the company’s largest shareholder in March.

According to Daily Star, the US security and exchanges commission reportedly obtained a letter by Musk, in which he made his lucrative best and final offer to completely buy Twitter.

In the letter sent to Bret Taylor, the Twitter board chairman, Musk wrote: “I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.”

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Reuters reported that the billionaire offered to buy the platform for about $41 billion (about R600 billion) and pay $54,20 (about R790) per share in cash.

“My offer is my best and final offer, and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder,” Musk added.

He recently bought a 9,2% share in the social media giant, becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder. It remains to be seen whether his offer will be accepted.

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